All posts Records and research‘For freedom alone’: The Declaration of Arbroath from English recordsMonday 6 April 2020April this year marks the 700th anniversary of the so-called Declaration of Arbroath, a seminal...Records and researchOperation Sandstone: Surveying Britain’s Cold War beachesFriday 3 April 2020On 16 September 1952, S J Bassett of the Naval Intelligence Department filed a...Archives and archivistsHow to date family photographsThursday 2 April 2020When photographs are passed down through generations of families, sometimes the stories of the...Records and research‘No vote, no census’: The 1911 suffrage census protestsThursday 2 April 2020On the night of 2 April 1911 census enumerators were collecting the details of...Behind the scenesFamily history books for beginnersWednesday 1 April 2020Twiddling your thumbs at home and considering building your family tree? For our latest...Records and researchThe birth of council housingTuesday 31 March 2020‘Deficiency of housing accommodation is one of the most prolific causes of industrial unrest.’...Records and researchProject WO 416: Private enterpriseTuesday 24 March 2020The night of 24-25 March 2020 marks the 76th anniversary of the real Great Escape...Behind the scenesTop tips for caring for photographsWednesday 18 March 2020The conservation team at The National Archives share their top tips for caring for...Behind the scenesReading With Love: Part oneThursday 12 March 2020If there is one thing we all enjoy, it’s a decent love story. One...Records and researchA rough deal for Captain KiddTuesday 3 March 2020In 1695, William Kidd concocted a plan to travel to London to acquire a royal...Records and researchBillie’s Club: Queer club culture in 1930s LondonTuesday 25 February 2020Billie’s Club, run by club proprietor Billie Joyce, was located on 6 Little Denmark...Records and researchBlue skies and warmer climes: A journey into the ADM 344 seriesThursday 20 February 2020It is human nature at this time of year, when seemingly under an unbroken... « 1 … 45 46 47 48 49 … 168 »